Walking Vs Treadmill

[beth423 33]

I was wondering which was better walking or the treadmill?

[disneynut02 18]

It's too hot out for me to walk, I use my treadmill even though I hate it!

[cjoyce 187]

I LOVE my treadmill....make the letters larger than normal on my kindle and read while I'm walking....I cover the time thing with the kindle and could walk forever it seems. Outside I find myself constantly checking the time to see if I'm done yet.

[DLCoggin 1,788]

I walked for a couple of months on the treadmill and then switched to walking in a park near my home. From an exercise standpoint, I think both are equal. I prefer walking outside because I can take my black lab and she loves it, I enjoy being outside, I love the trees, birds, wildlife, and people that the park offers. I soon grew bored on the treadmill. Every day is different in the park. So it really comes down mostly to personal preference.

[krystacoyle 27]

It is a personal preference, I enjoy the outside, many thingsn that my mind gets,lost in deep thought about instead of the time. Also, because the further I walk, I still have to turn around and come home, at any given moment I could just hit end on the treadmill haha. But I have heard that treadmill with an incline setting is way way better for our knees. Vs walking on flat!hard concrete surfaces..

[my3stars 88]

I was wondering which was better walking or the treadmill?

Something to keep in mind the physical therapist at my pre op seminar said that walking is ideally the best at the beginning because on the treadmill everytime you step you are pounding down and that is not good until you are completely healed.